Principal Payroll Consultant - State & Local Government

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have a good time, too. In fact, we run our company with that principle in mind every day: One of our core values is fun.

About the Role

The Principal PATTS Consultant will be tasked with ensuring the successful implementation of the Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling solution. They will provide Workday product and implementation expertise to their engagements. The Principal PATTS Consultant will work with their clients to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the Workday solution. They will take direction and provide status to the Engagement Manager assigned to their project.

Become a specialist in the Workday PATTS product suite including proficiency in one or more products (Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling). Perform the following on a customer engagement:

• Elicit and document customer business requirements
• Configure the Workday solution to meet requirements
• Document solutions for the client to reference in the future.
• Support the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday
• Support the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions
• Assist the client in testing the Workday solution
• Transfer Workday system knowledge to the customer to ensure customer satisfaction in their production environment.
• Communicate regularly with the project engagement manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, project risks, and mitigations.
• Work with Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed-upon checkpoints
• Help mentor new Consultants
• Find opportunities to position other service offerings
• Participate in update training and other events that help share your product skills with other consultants

About You

Basic Qualifications: Senior Payroll Consultant (P4)

• Experience (4+ years) with Payroll consulting, or 4+ years Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions

• Experience (4+ years) with Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP or similar applications

• Experience (4+ years) with one or more of the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management

Basic Qualifications: Principal Payroll Consultant (P5)

• Experience (6+ years) with Payroll consulting, or 6+ years Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions
• Experience (6+ years) implementing Workday PATTS
• Experience (6+ years) with one or more of the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management

Other Qualifications (preferred):

• Previous experience with the operations and culture of State and Local Government entities strongly preferred
• Ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs, particularly for key implementation milestones
• Comfort with working on long term projects, lasting over 12 months.
• Ability and comfort with managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Open-minded and willingness to consider multiple thoughts that differ from your own.
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
• Comfortable in a lead role and talking to all levels of management.
• Successes in completion of projects, activities and/or initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
• Experience with multiple HCM applications a plus
• Proven solutions design skills, with the ability to analyze business challenges and develop effective solutions that leverage technology and optimize resources
• Exceptional relationship management skills, with a focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues to foster collaboration, loyalty, and a positive work environment

Posting End Date: 11/30/26. 

Applications are accepted for this position on an ongoing basis, through the stated End Date.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.GA.AtlantaPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $140,300 USD - $210,500 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $133,300 USD - $236,900 USD

Additional Considerations:

11/30/2026

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.

Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.

If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email [email protected], as far in advance as possible.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security.  Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. 

Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.

In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.